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2014 Detroit Auto Show: And the Winners for 2015 Are ...

It’s already old news that General MotorsGeneral Motors’ Chevrolet division swept the 2014 North American Car and Truck of the Year awards, with its impressive new Corvette Stingray taking the car honors and the all-new Silverado hauling home the truck hardware.

What no one is admitting, however, is that the race for the 2015 car and truck awards is already over. Whether the awards come from North American Car and Truck of the Year jurors or from the many publications that also bestow awards, this race was over before it started. It’s that clear-cut, at least on the truck side, and almost as obvious on the car side.

So, without further ado (drum roll please): The winner of every truck award for 2015 is the all-new, aluminum-intensive Ford F-150. Though the car winner might not be such a slam dunk, Ford’s sharp new Mustang has to be an odds-on favorite—especially now that NACATOY jurors have broken the unwritten sports-car glass ceiling with the Corvette decision.

Ford can start readying the trophy case now, because by summer it’ll be awash in awards. Let me be the first to offer my congratulations. And hey, nice job this year, Chevy. You deserve it.

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